My Weekend Daytime Makeup Look

I have always had a beauty section on my blog, but I have never shown you a makeup look before! When I am at work during the week my makeup is very basic, but when the weekend rolls around I like to make more effort with the way I look.

The Products

Here is a list of all the brushes and products I used to create this look:

Brushes

Real Techniques Fine Liner Brush

Real Techniques Fluffy Eyeshadow Brush

Real Techniques Angled Highlighter Brush

Real Techniques Contour Brush

Real Techniques Buffing Brush

B. Blusher Brush

B. Powder Brush

Face Products

Skinkissed Vitamin E Serum (used as primer)

Younique Mineral Liquid Foundation (in shade Scarlet)

Benefit Ooh La Lift (under eye brightener)

Rimmel Stay Matte Translucent Powder

Too Faced Candlelight Glow Highlighter

Benefit Blusher and Bronzer Palette (I used Rockateur and Hoola)

Eye and Lip Products

Benefit Air Patrol (eyeshadow primer)

Too Faced Natural Eyes (eyeshadow palette)

Illamasqua Black Liquid Eyeliner

Maybelline Lash Sensational Mascara

Benefit Gimme Brow (eyebrow gel)

Maybelline Master Shape Brow Pencil

Younique Liquid Lipstick (in shade Fresh Orchid)

The Look

I will talk you through step-by-step how I achieved this look:

Face

It’s not very often I wear foundation, but when I do, I want a good base for it. I like to use a vitamin E serum by Skinkissed for the base because it doubles up as a primer. I apply a few drops all over my face and smooth it in using my fingertips.

I like my skin to still look like skin when I wear foundation, so I only apply a little bit to even out my pinky skin tone. I dab a little bit of the product all over my face, then I blend it in using my buffing brush.

I am still yet to find a concealer that is light enough for me, so I use an under the eye brightener by Benefit instead. I dab this under my eyes using my fingertips.

Once everything has dried off, I take my contour brush and apply a little bit of the Hoola bronzer under my cheekbones and blend it out (I don’t have any contour powder, but bronzer works fine for me). I also sweep a bit over the high points of my face to give me a bit of colour.

Time for the blusher: I grab my angled blusher brush and sweep Roackateur over the apples of my cheeks.

To set my face makeup and to eliminate any unwanted shine, I dust the matte powder all over my face using the fluffy powder brush.

Finally, I apply a little bit of highlighter on my cheekbones.

Eyes

My eyebrows are quite thin because I overplucked them when I was younger. I fill them in with a brow pencil, then use the brow gel to set them.

Eyeshadow time: I start off by applying the primer all over my lids to help the eyeshadow last. I apply a white colour as my base, then I build it up using 2 natural brown colours.

Once I am happy, I apply liquid eyeliner to my upper lash line and wing it out. I have been doing winged eyeliner for years, so I have had lots of practice!

Once my eyeliner has dried, I curl my eyelashes and apply mascara.

Finally, I grab the liner brush and apply a thin line of dark brown eyeshadow along my bottom lash line.

Lips

I apply my lipstick just before I leave the house so it looks just right. This liquid lipstick by Younique is easy to apply thanks to the brush shape and product formula. I love the colour of it as well, it’s fun to wear and I gets lots of compliments.